New film documents Dubliners’ resistance to subordination of social life to profit
“The market is a monster,” says filmmaker James Redmond. “It turns living spaces into dead space.”
One question it is examining is what kind of parking should be allowed for the e-scooters: leave them wherever, or leave them at specific stations or docks.
In July 2020, Dublin City Council officials wrote to the Transport Minister that Gardaí were not enforcing 30km/h speed limits.
“It has become apparent that local authorities do not have the resources to operate, manage and maintain a network of EV chargers,” a Dublin City Council spokesperson said.
Details of the “Covid mobility requests” were released under the Freedom of Information Act.
Residents say cars take short-cuts through tiny streets, and also roam the area looking for free parking. Councillors want their views on how to fix this.
Ballyfermot locals say a station at Kylemore, as was mooted in the past, would help with long and slow commutes. But it seems to be off Irish Rail’s agenda for now.
At recent meetings, councillors for the southside of the city debated three possible transport changes – two proposed in the shorter-term and one further in the future.
Rialto residents want more for their local green space, taken over by construction of the children’s hospital for years, than the council is now proposing.
These “refuge islands” are a symptom of wider issues around pedestrian infrastructure, walking tour guides say.
A team at University College Dublin has given sensors to households to track how much traffic goes past and how fast. The next step will be using that data to ask for changes.
In a flurry of council meetings this past week, councillors learnt about the possible future for Phoenix Park, and talked about resurrecting the city’s arts scene.
Of those who’d been in collisions, more than half of those asked said they’d collided with vehicles, while more than a quarter said they’d been alone but hit a pothole or bollard, or the like.